On Diseases of menstruation and ovarian inflammation : in connexion with sterility, pelvic tumours, and affections of the womb / by Edward John Tilt.

  • Edward John Tilt
Date:
1851
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Credit: On Diseases of menstruation and ovarian inflammation : in connexion with sterility, pelvic tumours, and affections of the womb / by Edward John Tilt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF OVARIAN EXPLORATION. Neya 8e fdqo; rjvevfianijg iexvi]g eivano Suvaodai crxoneTv. [The possibility of exploring is a most important rt of the art of medicine ]—Hippocrates, Epid. iii. We have asserted that the imperfection of our data concerning inflammation of the ovaries is partly to be ascribed to the difficulty of exploring them; and we propose, therefore, in this place, after re- minding the reader of the anatomical connexions of these organs, to detail the various plans which have been adopted to ascertain their diseased states; and, when addressing the profession, it is not necessary to prove that it behoves the guar- dians of the general health to impress on the mind of the weaker sex, that, if the viscera become dis- eased, on which depend their hopes of happiness as wives and mothers, those organs must be treated like any others; and that, as they submit with patience to the disease itself, it is likewise incum- bent on them to submit to an examination, painful to their delicacy, no doubt, but necessary for the recovery of their health. The peritoneum in the female, after covering the posterior surface of the bladder is reflected to the uterus ; spreads over the anterior surface of the body of that viscus; covers its posterior surface; and is